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Speaker of the House of Representatives Bronwyn Bishop shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping after he spoke in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra in this picture taken November 17, 2014. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on August 2, 2015 announced a wide-ranging inquiry into politiciansâ€™ entitlements after a scandal that plagued his government for weeks claimed the scalp of Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop. Bishop, 72, a close Abbott ally and presiding officer in the lower house of parliament, tendered her resignation after being criticised for spending over A$5,000 in public funds to charter a helicopter to attend a fundraiser for the ruling Liberal Party. Picture taken November 17, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray